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The documents in this series include business receipts, handwritten receipts, ledgers, insurance documents, a mortgage certificate, commercial and vehicle auto licenses, bank documents, business cards, and small notebooks, most likely account books (one of which is dated 1960-1962).

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The documents in this series include tax reciepts, bills, inventory lists, local credit sales accounts, client sales accounts, check books, receipts, permits, business cards, and other financial records. In addtion, there are account books for restaurants outside of New York City, from 1921-1942, and an account book for donations to WWII funds (1946).

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The document in this series is a newspaper clipping.

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The documents in this series include the following: books; composition books of various sizes; small and large journals/notebooks; large bound coupon books; a Boy Scout identification card (belonging to a Harry Lee); a scarf from a Boy Scout uniform; a name plate with "Samuel S. Fung" etched into it; and a metal printing mold for printing/replicating business cards for Samuel S. Fung.

Abstract Jeannie Lee Jackson is a Chinese American and native New Yorker. She recounts the origins of her seemingly unusual surname for her ethnicity. She recalls her childhood in Brooklyn, growing up as the only Chinese person in her school, working in the family's laundry business, and the role Manhattan's Chinatown played in her life. As a former member of the Ging Hawk Club, she remembers the social activities she engaged in and how it led to her serendipitous meeting of her husband. Jeannie...

Abstract William Chiu, born in 1952, begins this interview recalling his childhood growing up, learning and working in Hong Kong. He talks about his father’s work as a chef and his father’s fateful opportunity to immigrate with his family to the United States. He describes his education and reasoning for desiring to go to the United States. William recounts his first job working as a waiter in training before beginning to work with his father in the restaurant business. He also describes the working...

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The documents in this series include a pack of cigars, medical receipts, unopened correspondence, photographs, and an immigration notice from Immigration and Naturalization Service.

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The documents in this series include items such as cards, notebooks, herbal recipes, letters, and envelopes.

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The documents in this series include personal correspondence; illustrations (in pencil, pastel, and pen); and holiday and greeting cards in Chinese and English. The bulk of the material is research and mock-ups for a book that Samuel S. Fung was trying to write and possibly publish.